I was at the courthouse a while back for a traffic related matter. When I left, I passed by a woman in her 30's at the courthouse's steps. She's clearly in di

I was at the courthouse a while back for a traffic related matter. When I left, I passed by a woman in her 30's at the courthouse's steps. She's clearly in distraught. She said her husband was in jail and she needed to post bail. She's getting a bail bond and asked how much was the 10% of the bail (10% is the upfront fee bail bond companies charged on the bond). I felt sick in the stomach. Here's a person in her 30's who didn't understand a simple math concept and couldn't compute a percentage of something at the moment she most needed. I looked at the paperwork and it's only couple hundred dollars and let her know. Don't tell me math is useless and you won't use it in life.